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The Deer Hunters
Season 4, Episode 3
The body of a man killed by a single gunshot wound is discovered on the moors and a burnt-out truck containing the remains of a deer is found a mile away. Joe is convinced the case is a poaching war gone wrong, but delving into the victim's story, Vera unearths a sad childhood in the country and a troubled life in the city, scraping by as a novelist. Following the death of his grandfather, he returned to Northumberland after a 15-year absence to sell his inheritance - but pulled out of the deal at the last minute. Could his death be linked to a dispute over land? Brenda Blethyn and David Leon star
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Cast & Crew
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. DC Rebecca Shepherd
Richard Dillane
(Actor)
.. Will Peyton
Clive Russell
(Actor)
.. Allen Barnes
William Ash
(Actor)
.. Linus Campion
Kellie Bright
(Actor)
.. Vanessa Barnes
Lisa Kay
(Actor)
.. Clara Peyton
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Marcus Summer
Anna Francolini
(Actor)
.. Bella Colley
Robert Morgan
(Actor)
.. Donald Colley
Caolan Byrne
(Actor)
.. Eric Hurst
Charlotte Hope
(Actor)
.. Saskia Barnes
Aiden Nord
(Actor)
.. Louis Barnes
Souad Faress
(Actor)
.. Eve Jamshidi
Greg Patmore
(Actor)
.. Terry
Connie Walker
(Actor)
.. Bailiff
Flo Wilson
(Actor)
.. Social worker
Steve Coombes
(Writer)
Margaret Mitchell
(Producer)
Will Sinclair
(Director)
Elaine Collins
(Executive producer)
More Information
Did You Know..
Brenda Blethyn
(Actor)
.. DCI Vera Stanhope
Born:
February 20, 1946
in
Kent
Best Known For:
Secrets & Lies.
Early-life:
Born Brenda Anne Bottle on February 20, 1946, in Ramsgate, Kent. She's the youngest of nine children of a parlour maid and a chauffeur. Money was tight when she was growing up. After excelling at maths at school, she worked as a secretary and bookkeeper in a bank. But she was always obsessed with films and acting and, at the age of 27, after divorcing her first husband, she gave up her day job and used her savings to fund a drama course at Guildford. She didn't tell her parents, and thought she would go back to her old career if things didn't work out.
Career:
Blethyn gained early experience with two small theatre groups before joining the National Theatre in 1975. Her TV debut was in a 1979 episode of Tales of the Unexpected, and a year later she had a lead role in Mike Leigh's small-screen project Gloria. In 1990 she made her first film, The Witches, following that up with A River Runs Through It. Despite roles in Outside Edge and The Buddha of Suburbia, she didn't become a household name until her Oscar-nominated role in Leigh's Secrets & Lies. Since then she's starred in Girls' Night, Saving Grace, Pride & Prejudice, Atonement, London River, and gained another Oscar nomination for Little Voice. She returned to the small screen in 2011 playing the title role in ITV's detective series Vera.
Quote:
"I don't have ambition. My expectations are low."
Trivia:
Blethyn was awarded an OBE for services to drama in the 2003 New Year Honours List.
David Leon
(Actor)
.. DS Joe Ashworth
Best Known For:
Vera.
Early-life:
David Jeremy Leon was born in 1980 in Newcastle upon Tyne to Ann and Anthony. As a teenager, Leon was on the books of Blackburn Rovers, but they released him when he was 19. He turned to acting and successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. He dropped out of drama school to shoot the film Alexander (2004) with Oliver Stone in Morocco. In 2006, he had a main role in the film These Foolish Things (2006).
Career:
Leon went on to star in the miniseries The Wild West, RocknRolla (2008) and Walking with the Enemy (2013). Between 2011 and 2014, he starred alongside Brenda Blethyn in ITV drama Vera, playing DS Joe Ashworth.
Quote:
"You can't get away with enjoying acting in a working-class environment."
Trivia:
Leon's short film Orthodox was accepted into several international film festivals. He completed a feature length version of Orthodox in 2015.
Jon Morrison
(Actor)
.. DC Kenny Lockhart
Clare Calbraith
(Actor)
.. DC Rebecca Shepherd
Richard Dillane
(Actor)
.. Will Peyton
Clive Russell
(Actor)
.. Allen Barnes
William Ash
(Actor)
.. Linus Campion
Kellie Bright
(Actor)
.. Vanessa Barnes
Born:
July 01, 1976
in
Brentwood, Essex
Best Known For:
Playing Linda Carter in EastEnders.
Early-life:
Kelly Denise Bright was born in Brentwood, Essex, on July 1, 1976. She was a child actor and her early credits include T-Bag and the Revenge of the T-Set, Maid Marian and Her Merry Men and Brush Strokes. In 1990, she landed one of the main roles in popular ITV sitcom The Upper Hand, playing the daughter of Joe McGann's character. It ran for seven series until 1996.
Career:
Bright had a main role in the fourth series of Bad Girls, and she has made guest appearances in a number of TV shows, including The Bill, Silent Witness, Jericho, The Catherine Tate Show, New Tricks, Hotel Babylon, Holby City and Vera. She played Joan Trotter in Only Fools and Horses' spin-off Rock and Chips. In 2013, she joined the cast of EastEnders as Linda Carter. Her film credits include Ali G Indahouse (2002). In August 2015, it was announced that she would be a contestant on Strictly Come Dancing.
Quote:
In preparation for her role on Vera: "I watched loads of Ant & Dec clips on YouTube. It was nice to do something very different - I quite liked being a Geordie!"
Trivia:
Bright is the voice of Kate Aldridge in Radio 4 series The Archers.
Lisa Kay
(Actor)
.. Clara Peyton
Kingsley Ben-Adir
(Actor)
.. Marcus Summer
Anna Francolini
(Actor)
.. Bella Colley
Robert Morgan
(Actor)
.. Donald Colley
Caolan Byrne
(Actor)
.. Eric Hurst
Charlotte Hope
(Actor)
.. Saskia Barnes
Aiden Nord
(Actor)
.. Louis Barnes
Souad Faress
(Actor)
.. Eve Jamshidi
Greg Patmore
(Actor)
.. Terry
Connie Walker
(Actor)
.. Bailiff
Flo Wilson
(Actor)
.. Social worker
Steve Coombes
(Writer)
Margaret Mitchell
(Producer)
Will Sinclair
(Director)
Elaine Collins
(Executive producer)
